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.&..&..&&& :.LIVING.GHOST.OF..THE.PRIMORDIAL SOUP.: &&.&&...&&
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&.&&..&... WAVERING JUST OUT OF SIGHT &&..&&..&.
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.&&&&.&... THE TERMINATION SHOCK OF PERCEPTION, &&&&&&&...
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&..&..&..& A ROARING DEPTH REDUCED TO A GENTLE .....&&..&
&.&&.&&.&. SWELL UPON THE MINDS COAST, ....&.&.&.
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.&&.&&.... INVISIBLE LAPS, CLAIMING YOU, ..&.......
&.&&.&.... NOT REACHING. .&&.......
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.&&..&..&. BUT THE BODY HAS LIMITS, THE BARRIER IS &&&.....&.
&.&.&&.&&. IMPERMANENT, AND EXHAUSTION UNLOCKS IT. ..&....&&.
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...&&.&&.. WITH CLOSED EYES AND A FRACTURED SELF, &.&..&&&..
..&.&&.&.. THE SHOOTING STAR ON IT'S WAY TO THE &&&.&..&..
.&&&.&&&.& DARK LAKE, ..&&&.&&..
&..&&..&&. YOU CAN HEAR THE WAVES AS THEY SPEAK. .&..&&.&..
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